Quilt Line As the Third Design Element

One or Two Day Workshop

Course Description - One Day Class: This is a process class that will help you find new ideas on how to use quilting to enhance the look of your quilt. We will be working on design, not technique. We would like to go further than just holding the three layers together with stitches. The main objective is to use quilting lines to create depth, texture, tension, or shadowing which give a new dimension to your quilt. Lines can be inspired by an endless variety of things (nature, architecture, technology, etc.) to add visual interest and reinforce the overall design of your quilt. Even straight lines can become a design in themselves. You will be working with the quilt tops you bring, which can be a traditional patchwork or a contemporary design. We will pin the quilt tops on the wall one after the other and discuss the possibilities of how to enhance what you like best and diminish what you like least in your quilts. The only sewing done in this workshop will be the demonstrations.

Students are Asked to Bring:

1 to 3 quilt tops

tracing paper

notebook and pencil for note taking

photographs of water, clouds, buildings, furniture, etc

Prismacolor pencils (12 or more in a variety of colors). Any type except Verithin and Water Color

Classroom Requirements:

three extra tables for demonstration and supplies.

table space with enough room for each student to work comfortably, (2 students per 8' X 2 1/2' table)

Course Description - Two Day Class: This is a process class that will help you find new ideas on how to use quilting to enhance the look of your quilt. We will be working on design, not technique. We would like to go further than just holding the three layers together with stitches. The main objective is to use quilting lines to create depth, texture, tension, or shadowing which give a new dimension to your quilt. Lines can be inspired by an endless variety of things (nature, architecture, technology, etc.) to add visual interest and reinforce the overall design of your quilt. Even straight lines can become a design in themselves. You will be working with the quilt tops you bring, which can be a traditional patchwork or a contemporary design. We will pin the quilt tops on the wall one after the other and discuss the possibilities of how to enhance what you like best and diminish what you like least in your quilts.